§ 2278. Notification of foreign interference of national security space

• (a) The Commander of the United States Space Command shall, with respect to each intentional attempt by a foreign actor to disrupt, degrade, or destroy a United States national security space capability, provide to the appropriate congressional committees—
  • (1) not later than 48 hours after the Commander determines that there is reason to believe such attempt occurred, notice of such attempt; and
  • (2) not later than 10 days after the date on which the Commander determines that there is reason to believe such attempt occurred, a notification described in subsection (b) with respect to such attempt.
• (b) A notification described in this subsection is a written notification that includes—
  • (1) the name and a brief description of the national security space capability that was impacted by an attempt by a foreign actor to disrupt, degrade, or destroy a United States national security space capability;
  • (2) a description of such attempt, including the foreign actor, the date and time of such attempt, and any related capability outage and the mission impact of such outage; and
  • (3) any other information the Commander considers relevant.
• (c) In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
  • (1) the congressional defense committees; and
  • (2) with respect to a notice or notification related to an attempt by a foreign actor to disrupt, degrade, or destroy a United States national security space capability that is intelligence-related, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.